#EEB462#EEB462

#EEB462 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.120 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEB462
RGB	rgb(238, 180, 98)
HSL	hsl(35, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, 12.26, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 50.85, 76.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% 0.0328 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.12 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.7887, 51.7052, 18.7000)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEB462 #629CEE

analogous

#EE6E62 #EEB462 #E2EE62

triadic

#EEB462 #62EEB4 #B462EE

tetradic

#EEB462 #62EE6E #629CEE #EE62E2

square

#EEB462 #62EE6E #629CEE #EE62E2

split-complementary

#EEB462 #62E2EE #6E62EE

monochromatic

#C17A15 #E89A2B #EEB462 #F4CE99 #FAE9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#EEB462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#EEB462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEB462

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEB462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEB462	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeb462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 180, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.120 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ca91',
    500: '#eeb462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeb462;
$custom-light: #f7ca91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeb462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.143,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80716,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEB462

secondary

#356EBF

accent

#61DD09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEB462

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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